Three of the band's members
regularly write songs for The Moths, rather than one person taking the
lead like many other original music bands.

Tim Reedy and K, who both play
lead guitar and vocals, write most of the music, and Rigney also pitches
in his talents. Rigney's brother George rounds out The Moths on drums.
Rigney says the multiple songwriters in the band make it difficult to
classify The Moths' original music into a specific genre.

"Because there's three songwriters,
we throw a lot of styles around," Rigney says, noting that the band's
music spans punk rock, pop and even Latin sounds. "We have a lot of influences.
I'd say we sound like Neil Young's Crazy Horse meets the Pixies."

The Moths will bring their unique
blend of influences to McGuire's Erin Bar in Atlantic City on Saturday
night for a show with deardarkhead.

During the past four years the
band has been together, Rigney says the songwriting of the band has dramatically
improved because they now work together on songs.

"I think our songwriting has
improved a lot," Rigney says. "When we first got together, we were sort
of writing songs in isolation. Now it's like when we bring something to
the table we have a much better idea of what the band can do with the
song."

And no one goes without criticism,
something Rigney considers a great asset.

"We talk about each others'
styles," Rigney says. "It gets to be a songwriters workshop. You have
to leave your ego at the door at our rehearsals. We all see a big difference
in our songwriting."

Rigney says he hopes that difference
is apparent to both producers and audiences in The Moths' latest CD "Lepid-Opera,"
named as a takeoff on the scientific name for butterflies.

"We're presently finishing up
our second record," Rigney says. "We'd love to see it out in the fall."

The Moths first CD, which was
self-titled, was distributed under New York-based Wagon Train Records
in 1998. About 1,000 copies were made, and some are still available through
the band's Web site:

Rigney says the drive to make
it big doesn't dominate the band. "It's just a long process when you're
an independent band," Rigney says. "The music comes first anyway. A lot
of bands get so caught up in trying to make it." Rigney says the band
is willing to be patient for its chance. Most of the band members are
in their early 30s and have become accustomed to the music scene.

Rigney met Reedy and K in college
at the State University of New York in Binghamton. They had been in separate
bands at the time and later got together to form The Moths.

"After a while it kinda made
sense," Rigney says. "This is the second or third incarnation of The Moths."

Until the band makes a breakthrough,
Rigney says The Moths will continue to work on building audiences through
live shows like the one at McGuire's this weekend. He says the bands true
sound comes through when the two lead guitarists work together on stage.

"Some of our best moments are
when we're into something and they're both leading at the same time,"
Rigney says. "We like our audience to get as carried away with the sound
as we do. We try to create sound-scapes with our instruments. We hope
they stagger out of the bar totally bombed because they liked us so much."